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Social Work Review is aiming to be a meeting place for ideas, a mean of dissemination of researches, good practices and experiences in the field of social work. Articles from all areas of social work are welcomed. There will be published innovative articles, researches, and comments of policies, practices and their implications for social workers. Social Work Review appears four time a year: March, June, September and December. Each article is peer-reviewed by two reviewers.

Social Work Review is now launching the Archive Project that allows professionals and the public to view documents that certifies the tradition of the aforementioned review in Romania. At the moment, we can post online the first numbers of the publication that was edited by the “Ileana Princess” Superior School of Social Work from Bucharest, therefore entitled Social Work.

Issue 1/2025, edited by Prof. Mihaela Tomita, PhD, and Assistant professor Roxana Ungureanu, PhD, from the Social Work Department of the West University of Timisoara, provides a space to present the results of research and articles focused on the topic: The resilience of vulnerable groups. The concept of resilience is a popular term in all disciplines, especially with regard of vulnerable groups. Manuscripts must be sent by e-mail until September 30, 2024 in a word format, to the two editors: mihaela.tomita@e-uvt.ro and roxana.ungureanu@e-uvt.ro. Estimated publication date is March 2025.

Issue 2/2025, dedicated to the topic of Social work in a superdiverse society, is edited by by Professor Cosmin Goian, PhD, Lecturer Loredana Marcela Trancă, PhD and Junior lecturer Florina Luiza Vlaicu, Phd, from the Social Work Departament of the West University of Timișoara. Manuscripts must be sent by e-mail by 8 January 2025 in a word format, to the three editors: cosmin.goian@e-uvt.ro, loredana.tranca@e-uvt.ro & florina.vlaicu@e-uvt.ro.

The issue 3/2025 - "Art and social work. The role of stories in human behaviour remodelling" -  is coordinated by Mihaela Popa and Rebeca Cojocaru from Faculty of Sociology and Social Work, University of Bucharest. This issue proposes studies and research about the influence of art in the social worker daily activities and also in the educational process, emphasizing the power of the words when dealing with vulnerable human beings.The articles will be sent at mihaela.popa@unibuc.ro and cojocarurebeca7@gmail.com, until 15 March 2025.

The Issue 4/2025, dedicated to the topic of Modern Trends and Issues in Social Work, is edited by Doru Buzducea and Georgiana Rentea, Faculty of Sociology and Social Work, University of Bucharest. Manuscripts must be sent by email (until 15 May 2025) to the editors: doru.buzducea@unibuc.ro și georgiana.rentea@sas.unibuc.ro

The issue 4/2026 is coordinated by Conțiu Tiberiu Șoitu, PhD and Mihaela Rădoi, PhD, Department of Sociology, Social Work and Human Resources of the "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University of Iași, on the theme: Landmarks of the evolution of social work. Retrospections and projections. Although a modern profession, rapidly evolving and changing, social work has reached the point where it can assess the impact of 130 years since the beginnings of university education internationally. The Romanian School of Social Work can, in its turn, project its future, looking back on almost a century of history. The proposed theme allows both retrospective perspectives and analysis of factors that may influence the evolution of the field. Articles must be received at the editors' email addresses: tiberiu.soitu@uaic.ro, mihaela.radoi@uaic.ro, until May 15, 2026.